1/35th Tamiya M2 Bradley

[kprice52001]

Hey guys, this is my first post to the Forum other than my introduction. I have attached a bunch of pics but I don't know if there is a limit or standard to how many pictures people generally post so I just linked a bunch. I apologize if I am doing too much.

This is Tamiya's 1/35th scale M2 Bradley. Its painted in AK interactive acrylics and weathered in AK's enamel washes and pigments. This model contained a lot of firsts for me as it was my first ever track vehicle that I have completed and only the 3rd model I have attempted in about 20 years. After watching so many of you on the youtubes I thought that I would give it a go. It's not perfect by any means but I had a lot of fun doing it. I attempted to use the Wood Technique on the Bii and I also did a track wash and filled them in with pigments. I added mud to the vehicle and used a filter to break in the models base coat. I painted up the figure using three different tones of olive drab on his uniform but I am not good at mixing paints and only had Tamiya flesh tone so the little dudes face didn't get too much attention . I also attempted some chipping along what I thought would have been the warn areas. Please offer up your feedback it would be great to hear what you think. If it sucks please tell me why you think so and what I could do to make it better. I will be posting a couple other completed models in the near future and some pics of the 1:6th scale tamiya Monkey that I am currently working on now.

Cheers for now

Kevin

































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[arilo76]

Really cool build and paint, the weathering is awesome, i like the mud effect where you can see the difference between the wet and dry mud.

[mincemeat]

I think you're doing great Kevin! I don't think there is a "limit" to posts or images, post your work as you see fit.

I try to always try new things with each model as well and haven't been doing this for too long either. I think a quick and dirty method for bringing out some detail in your figure's face and hands is just to add a wash like a light brown. Keep on building and posting!

[kprice52001]

Really cool build and paint, the weathering is awesome, i like the mud effect where you can see the difference between the wet and dry mud.

Thanks a lot. I used the AK interactive WET MUD Effects they work like a charm. I literally just slapped it on with an old brush over some pigments, it was almost like cheating lol

[kprice52001]

I think you're doing great Kevin! I don't think there is a "limit" to posts or images, post your work as you see fit.

I try to always try new things with each model as well and haven't been doing this for too long either. I think a quick and dirty method for bringing out some detail in your figure's face and hands is just to add a wash like a light brown. Keep on building and posting!

That's a great idea! I don't know why I didn't do that. I'm definitely going to give it a try on my current build when I get to the figure. I have just the thing for it too. Maybe some of the tamiya brown.....

[aur0ra145]

You're killing it, this model looks amazing! I really like the weathering effects, keep it up!